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A Venezuelan Olympics fan says his Twitter account was shut down permanently after the IOC complained about videos he posted on the social network.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kim Carlson

Kim Carlson is the international coordinator at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She currently manages the Surveillance Self-Defense project and supports in international project management and content localization. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.